Improvement in transplanting and weeding-machine



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ALFRED E'. LYMAN, 0F NoRTHAMnroN, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Pate/nt'No. 92,198, dated July (i, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRANSPLANTING- AND WBEDING'JVIACHINE.

lThe Schedule referred to these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

' Be it known that I, ALFRED rE. LYMN, of Northamptn, in the county ofHampshire, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and lusefulimproved lransplanting and weedingdilachikhe; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and `exact descriptionof theconstruction and operation ot'.

the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part ofthis specilication, in Which-'- Figure l is a perspective view of theseveral parts, v

representing the machine ready for use, the necessary remainingreferences'bing had by letters, as follows, as seen in the drawings:

A, a longitudinal elevation.

B, a transverse seption.

C, a handle for inside section. e

D, a handle for outside section.

E, a guide for holding same in place.

l, rivets (or hinge) or bolts. y

I cJnstruJt A ot' one piece of suitable metal(iron or steel,) by turningat right angles. I form the part A, making three sides to the same, of asuitable size to press-closely inside of B, which is also formed andconstructed in the same manner as A.

Each, when so constructed, with lowest angular edges made sharp,'andriveted or bolted together, as seen in A and form the parts entering theearth. A bei-ng longest, enters the earth first, the points cuttingangular or shearing, thereby causing much greater ease and rapidity intaking up plants or Weeds.

I construct my handles, C, in the usual manner, of any desired length,and required style and dimensions (usually, however, about two or twoand a half feet in length,) to make it easy to operate, the handles Cbeing fastened to a shank similar to a trowel-shank, and riveted orfastened to each, A and B, as 'seen in the drawings.

I construct guide E of suitable metal, and fasten the end looselyinhandle D, giving the same sufficient room to adj ust the stay or guideto any desirable dis` tance or position, and fasten the same by aset-screw;

Ihe guide E, I use only when desired. As the side n or angle of B, Imake in such a manner, and of suitable material, as to form a spring,forcing itself closely up to A, so firmly as to hold A in anydesiredposition.

Should any additional assistance be found necessary,

. I then use guide E, astafor'esaid.

I construct F of metal bolts or rivets, of suiicient lengt-h to holdfirmly both A and B, giving freedom' for any sized plant, withouthurtful obstructions 'in the inside of A and B, always adapting the sizeof the machine for the purposes designated. V

For weeding-purposes, I use much smaller machines, as Weeds are intendedto be'destroyed.

vBy constructing, as above written', I can not? only take up the plantsvwith sutiicient earth tomake them quite sure to Alive, but also- I can,with thel same machine, and at the same time, form a suitable receptaclefor depositing thepla-nt in the same, always retaining a quantityfotearth suiiicient to make it doubly sure that the said plant will live,if transplanted with my improved invention, as above describedandsubstantially set forth.

What I claimv as my invention and improvement,

The three-side angular pieces A and B, with edges on the sides, shuttingwithin each other so closely as to retain itself in any desiredposition,the same being held firmly by suitable bolts (or rivets) of anyrequired Y length best adapted therefor, the stay E to be only at Y-theoption`of the operator, (used when desired,) the handles G D beingoperated at will, adjusting the-parts A and B as they turn on the axleor 'hinge l1, so asto produce the intended effect. l Witnesses: i ALFREDE. LYMAN.

- C. B. POLLARD,

W. N. PLATNER

